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Thoughts on the new template
As has been pointed out by some other members, the template gets kinda messy when adding Anime and Video games since there are no actors (unless we start adding Voice actors, which actually doesn't work because voice actors play multiple roles and it's just a pain).
I have a suggestion, but it's just a thought, but it's a revamp of the template so don't yell at me How about aligning ALL of the templates in a similar order? So that the Anime and VG sections don't look wonky when following the Movie and Television sections? Moving from LEFT to RIGHT: Start all sections with TITLE (movie title, television series title/Episode, anime movie Title/Episode, and VG Title/Mod) Next section is Date (Date released, introduced) since now we're starting to list dates (which is a good sorting field for future use) Next Section is CHARACTER (movie character, television character, Anime Character, VG character ... can be primary player, or team player, or opposing force or a named character if applicable) Next section is ACTOR (Human actor for movie and television, N/A for Anime and N/A for VG) Next section is NOTES (special gun finish or type or fictional gun or special usage notations, etc.) This way, the blank sections aren't scattered all over the grid, making the page look messy. The sections of TITLE, DATE, CHARACTER will always have an entry and not be blank. The sections of ACTOR will always have an entry in Movies & Television. The Section with the least amount of info (in that specialized info is not applicable most of the time) will be at the tail end. Thoughts anyone? I think we should consider this before we spend too much time updating the templates. ==Actor pages== Also did anyone notice that the templates don't align to the left of the photos? This may change how we align photos (look at the Maria Bello Page). Historically the text could be to the immediate left of the 'right aligned' image. If they can't be on the same space, then it changes how we align photographs, in that we traditionally have aligned them to the right, unless it's a screenshot on a movie page, then it's aligned "none". What do people think of this? Just curious. |
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I would like it if it looked nicer, but so far it just seems really complex for something only slightly better looking. Most of the people on the site have been talking about how they aren't a big fan of it.
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Example other than yours. I have not seen that on the talk page and it is miles better than what was on there, I can just see what wikipedia would look like if they did not improve their site. If you don't like come up with a better idea instead of whining about it. Man you just can not please people.
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Hey, come on guys, can't we disagree respectfully?
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Aesthetics aren't the only issue here. The idea is to make something much more organized, and tables present at least a better opportunity for that. Last edited by MT2008; 06-18-2009 at 02:21 AM. |
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Although recently, I found a command which separates entries automatically without lots of "<BR>". I used "<br clear=all>" on the Norinco Type 84 section of the AK-47 page, and that works better, too. But anyway, I think we really need to continue the move towards tables. |
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Oh, yeah, and that reminds me...are we sorting tables by title or date? I vote for the latter, but would like to hear what everyone else thinks.
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Don't worry John besides you have enough to deal with living in New York. |
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Forgive me for still being confused, but is there any agreed-upon standard yet? If not, once such a standard is developed we need to make a properly functioning wiki template (For example). That's a much more organized way of doing it because simply applying the same kind of tables to every article individually will eventually snowball into a huge inconsistency problem, because if the standard is ever changed every article will need to be reworked individually. If a wiki template is used, whenever it's modified the changes will automatically take affect on every article it appears on.
If you know how wiki templates work already, disregard that, just sayin'. Anyway, I'm eager to know because I'd like to help apply the new standard to articles, because it'll be a big job. |
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